Comments on: Sam to wear No. 96 in St. Louishttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/
ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.comTue, 31 Mar 2015 21:10:56 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.com/By: paastahtroyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3361717
Wed, 14 May 2014 15:19:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3361717If he gets cut there’s no guarantee he’ll make the Rams practice squad… At that point any other team can pick him up… You don’t think another team will pick him up for football and publicity reasons.
]]>By: seaeagle707http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3360303
Tue, 13 May 2014 20:21:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3360303I understand the potential humor in his number, but I’ll leave it to the late night talk show comedians to expound upon it. The statement about jersey sales and his tenure with the team puzzles me. Can’t the Rams continue to sell shirts with his name on them, “after” they cut him? Don’t they essentially buy the rights to the use of his name, when he signs with the team? I don’t know the answers, but perhaps someone else does.
]]>By: stillers1229http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3360176
Tue, 13 May 2014 19:39:02 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3360176I’m amazed that all the people who don’t care to hear about him anymore actually take the time to write something on all of the articles about him. Mini-camps haven’t even started and already the kid will be cut?

Please remember, Michael Sam isn’t the one talking all the time about the fact that he’s gay. He just wants to play football and be treated like everyone else.

]]>By: nonetruerthanbluehttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3360147
Tue, 13 May 2014 19:30:45 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3360147Money talks. Rams won’t cut him. I’m sure he’s good enough to earn the spot regardless. He’s a good football player.
]]>By: 1phillyphanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3360070
Tue, 13 May 2014 19:04:29 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3360070if all the people that want Sams in the NFL thought about it..they’d shut up..I also think its a great thing for him..but by his actions he wants to be treated fairly..and i agree. But, he isn’t getting fair treatment. He’s a 7th round pick. odds are most 7th rounders don’t even make the team. people are buying his jersey for wrong reasons. most think it will be worth money as jackie Robinson’s was. Not going to happen with 6/ 10 million of em sold. they won’t be rare. Hopefully for his sake he makes the team on HIS OWN MERITS..not because he is gay. if he makes it because he is gay..then all he stands for is wrong.
]]>By: jrcoophttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359924
Tue, 13 May 2014 18:20:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359924The Rams are one of the teams the NFL can force to do Hard Knocks, and it looks like they would be the odds on favorite. Fisher may end up getting more exposure from this than he bargained for.
]]>By: notthetrollhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359884
Tue, 13 May 2014 18:11:03 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359884lets extrapolate a little…
IF you get beat up in California for wearing the wrong team’s gear.( which clearly happens according to numerous news reports)
AND if St. Louis continues to improve, making them a threat to SF and Seattle in the division.
AND so many non-football people will be buying and wearing his Jersey in support of ‘the first openly gay player in the NFL’, especially in San Francisco where there is a large gay population.
THEN gay hate crime raises in the most gay friendly city in the US?
]]>By: IamtheBucsFanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359872
Tue, 13 May 2014 18:07:11 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359872Why is this a story? I believe gays want to be treated with the same respect as everybody else. I’m good with that. Please stop with all the stories that make this guy different. He’s a football player and should be judged like all the others………The press…..jeez
]]>By: ravens2xworldchampshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359853
Tue, 13 May 2014 18:03:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359853We get it. He’s gay. That’s okay. Come on this is like Tebow all over again.
]]>By: fwippelhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359845
Tue, 13 May 2014 18:00:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359845I cannot wait for the media circus to end over all this.

Outside of Don Banks at SI, I don’t know of any reporter/journalist who actually put this story into its proper perspective.

If Sam isn’t good enough to make the team, he’ll get cut and likely end up on the practice squad. It’s all about merit, and how good a football player he is (as it should be). He’s no different than all the other seventh round draft picks out there.

It’s time the media started realizing that. And while they’re at it, they might want to ask Tim Tebow how all those jersey sales helped save his NFL career.

]]>By: schmitty2http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359816
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:54:57 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359816As a Rams fan I’m starting to wonder if this this was a good move. All of this attention is going to lead to being on Hard knocks and all of the unwanted attention. The team has made major strides to try and be competitive in the toughest division in football and the last thing they need are distractions.
]]>By: reesesteel23http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359708
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:32:55 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359708What about the 200+ players picked before him? What numbers are they wearing?
]]>By: mediasloppyhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359702
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:31:13 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359702Can’t believe people are practically routing for his failure before he even gets on the field to practice…
]]>By: dalcow4http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359671
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:23:31 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359671Pretty skeptical about him being the #2 jersey sold.

Guess who released that information: The NFL Public Relations dept.

Translation: “Look how tolerant we are! Just one more reason to like us.”

]]>By: clashpointhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359620
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:10:50 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359620While some observers might think he’s a distraction, Sam has always been well liked by his teammates. History has shown his character to be very good for the locker room. He’s good for jersey sales and he’ll be good for the ticket office too, it’s looks like an entirely new football marketing demographic is opening up. Just when you thought football couldn’t get any more popular. The organization as whole probably loves him already, right up to the bank.
]]>By: andymannflhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359605
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:05:56 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359605Lol. Who is buying his jersey and actually tracking the sales literally days after he was drafted? It’s still Tuesday, right? The chances he makes that team’s d-line rotation are slim.
]]>By: dasmolhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359595
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:04:27 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359595What do sales matter? The NFL never makes a decision based on money and publicity, right guys?
]]>By: nflpropickemkinghttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359590
Tue, 13 May 2014 17:02:34 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359590What next?I can not believe all the attention this guy is getting.
]]>By: camcameronsuckshttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359580
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:59:14 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359580I called this in a recent post about him on PFT.

To recap:

He played football in Missouri, he got drafted by St. Louis, seem any pattern?

Because, as I stated before, St. Louis is in the business of making money.

They drafted this kid in the 7th round 3 days ago and his jersey is already flying off the shelves….

Waste a practice squad spot on a guy who’s not going to contribute? In the uber competitive NFC West you’re going to need all hands on deck. Many who start on the practice squad in September are starting playoff games in December.

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]]>By: competitivecompetitioncompeterhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359497
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:36:09 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359497They should play SAM at weak side linebacker, just so my brain explodes.
]]>By: donny1rodriguezhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359481
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:32:47 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359481No wonder why some teams didn’t want to take Sam. What a distraction.
]]>By: jaxbeachjagfanhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359475
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:31:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359475The Summer of Sam™
]]>By: platinumraider32http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359463
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:30:40 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359463I’ve never seen a player drafted this low garner so much attention. He’s talked about more than the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th round picks!

Something is rotten in Denmark.

]]>By: jimmythttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359421
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:23:07 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359421That is a very tough line up to crack unless he can maybe switch to outside LB and/or carve a niche out on Special Teams on which the Rams are also pretty strong. Sam has his work cut out for him and I hope he makes the team but it won’t be because of jersey sales or tokenism, that is certain.
]]>By: steelerbenhttp://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/13/sam-to-wear-no-96-in-st-louis/#comment-3359419
Tue, 13 May 2014 16:22:49 +0000http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=2259612#comment-3359419Can someone please explain how jersey sales prevent someone from getting cut?

There were plenty of Tebow jerseys sold, and what team does he play for now?